Dijous 16 maig a les 16:30, saló d’actes, Palau Cerveró. Institut Interuniversitari López Piñero.

Streaming: https://links.uv.es/iilp/seminaris

Hace casi dos décadas se publicó mi Innovación y Tradición: Historia de la tecnología moderna (Critica, 2007), sin demasiado éxito en el mundo hispanoparlante. En esta charla discutiré los argumentos del libro y como se han recibido esperando avanzar una discusión sobre cómo escribir la historia de las técnicas (y de las ciencias)

Bio

David Edgerton graduated from St John’s College Oxford and Imperial College London. After teaching at the University of Manchester he became the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College London (1993-2003) where he was also Hans Rausing Professor. He joined the History department with the Centre on its transfer to King’s in August 2013. He was a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellow, 2006-2009, and gave the 2009 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Prize Lecture at the Royal Society. He is a member of the Council of the Architectural Association and a Fellow of the British Academy.